girls:
293 births since 1908
#5423 (5th percentile)
boys:
274 births since 1916
#4312 (6th percentile)
overall:
567 births since 1908
#7172 (7th percentile)
The name Enis is the #7,172 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 567 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 7.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,423 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 293 births since 1908. For boys, it ranks #4,312 (5.9% percentile) for all time with 274 births since 1916.
Enis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (1908 for girls and 1916 for boys). Birth data for Enis is available in 49 out of the 115 years between 1908 and 2022 (36 years for boys and 23 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Enis is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Enis were boys. Interestingly, until around 1947, the name was more popular for girls (80.5% girls from 1908 to 1946), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1947 to 2022).
For girls, Enis reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #592) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 20 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1934.
For boys, Enis reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #547) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1924, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Enis".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Enis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.4% confident that Enis is pronounced as EH-nihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-nihs, at 18.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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